• Purchasing, engineering and component sharing across the board
• Jointly developed small cars to begin with, and vans
• A swapping of 3.1% equity stakes in each other’s capital
• Renault-Nissan small 3cyl and 4cyl petrol and diesels to be used in new Smart Fortwo and new small Mercs
• Merc petrol and diesel engines to power future Infiniti models
• Combined electric strategy seeking common approaches where possible
• Each brand to be tuned to suit its characteristics
• Next Fortwo and Twingo to be rear-wheel drive
• Two- and four-seater versions available from 2013 with electric options from launch
• Merc Vito van to use Renault-Nissan diesels and transmissions, new smaller Merc CV based on Renault Kangoo from 2012
• This co-operation doesn’t affect existing partnerships, such as with BMW on larger car component sharing